AUTHOR: Pamela Paul
PUBLICATION NAME: The New york Times
DATE OF PUBLICATION: September 10,2010
SUMMARY: Being the only child does not affect their interpersonal skills. In fact, they are as skillful as children with sibling according to Dr. Downey and Dr. Bobbitt-Zeher. They did some research in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolesent Health on 13,466 students from 7th grade all the way to 12th grade. By finding out the total average nuber of friends each individual students have and found out that the total number of friends the children with sibling are the same as the children without sibling.
The only child would start out from kindergarten and appear to lack a little of interpersonal skills, self-control, and behavior problems started by the teacher that was asked to evaluate the students. Due to the fact that they don't have interaction with other students would give them these types of problems and skills. Later on, the behaviors of children without sibling will catch up the those children who have sibling by the time they reach middle school. Dr. Downey concludes that the children who doen't have siblings improve over time because of the continuation of teachers that provide group projects and school clubs. The activities five the students a change to spend time and interact with others their own age.
However, Dalton Conley has a different conclusion, "it's plausible these only kids have trouble relating to fellow 5-year-olds," He added, "as they age, they are better able to relate to kids who are more adult like." Therefore, the children without sibling tend to make friends and have better relationships with other students that are more adult like rather than those who have child like personalities.
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ARTICLE: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/fasion/12Studied.html?_r=1&ref=sociology
SUBMITTED BY: Hue Ly
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